Instructions: Brown meat and onions in saucepan (or place meat and onions beneath oven broiler for a few minutes). Rinse barley in a sieve under cold running water, until water runs clear. Pick over beans and rinse thoroughly. Peel potatoes and cut into rounds. Add barley, beans,* potatoes, bones, and garlic to meat and onions in the saucepan. Add 6-7 cups cold water, or enough to cover, and bring to a boil over high heat. Season with salt and pepper and simmer for one hour.

Skim froth as it rises to the surface. Keep hot using one of the ways mentioned in the preface.*

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